Come  Think  Together  Day  Resources*:

Building  Bridges  Through  Dialogue  and  Conversation 

Following  are  the  follow-up  resources  from  the  June  28, 2018 Come  Think  Together  Day  in  Seattle, WA

*The Diversity Collegium supports a depository of shared information to support the learning and advancement of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.  This list is not exclusive, not exhaustive and serves only as a “tip of the iceberg” resource to continue thinking together.

During our Come Think Together Day, June 28, 2018, hosted by Amazon in Seattle, WA, USA, we shared insights and frameworks from various thought leaders.  Below, you will find the PowerPoint presentations and the videos of Dr. Price Cobbs, as well as a list of many free online resources to support building bridging and changing narratives.

PowerPoint Presentations & Videos

PowerPoint Presentations

• Mitigating the Assault on DEI: Bridging Conversations & Actions, by Effenus Henderson, president and CEO of HenderWorks, Inc., and co-director of the local Institute for Sustainable Diversity & Inclusion. http://diversitycollegium.org/resources/The_Assault_on_DEIMay2018EHenderson.pdf
• Introduction & Bridging Narratives Slide Presentations (combined), Michael Wheeler, Collegium President, & Barbara Deane, Collegium Member.  ttp://diversitycollegium.org/resources/ComeThinkTogetherPresentations_FINAL.pdf

Videos

• Video of Price Cobbs, Understanding Prejudice : https://youtu.be/TwuwbYPG0sg
• Video of Price Cobbs receiving the Vanguard Award, presented by The Centre for Global Inclusion, April 2017 http://centreforglobalinclusion.org/price-cobbs-md-gdib-vanguard-award-recipient/
• “Weird or Just Different?” Derek Sivers -- Ted Talk : https://www.ted.com/talks/derek_sivers_weird_or_just_different

Bridging Narratives and Telling a New Story

Dr. john powell

• Racial Equality Tools http://www.racialequitytools.org/resourcefiles/Powell_Systems_Thinking_Structural_Race_Overview.pdf
• The Problem of Othering: Towards Inclusiveness and Belonging http://www.otheringandbelonging.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/OtheringAndBelonging_Issue1.pdf

Shakti Buter

• Cracking the Codes: The System of Racial Inequity: A Conversation Guide
http://world-trust.org/guides/crackingthecodes_guide-2013.pdf
• A Heart to Heart Conversation Program for Light in the Shadows https://world-trust.org/guides/lightintheshadows_guide.pdf
• Light in the Shadows Film:  Staying at the Table When the Conversation about Race Gets Hard https://world-trust.org/product/light-shadows/
• The Way Home: Heart to Heart Conversations https://world-trust.org/guides/thewayhome_guide.pdf

Additional Resources

• Moving from Either/Or to Both/And Thinking http://www.bapt.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/JaneKise_PolarityThinking.pdf
• Whole System Transformation Through a Polarity Lens https://www.wiley.com/legacy/email_templates/images/Change_Champions_Revised_Chapter10.pdf
• The Storytelling Project Curriculum:  Learning About Race and Racism through Storytelling and the Arts http://www.racialequitytools.org/resourcefiles/stp_curriculum.pdf
• Being Called Outhttp://diversitycollegium.org/resources/Calling-out-in.jpg

Recent Research

• Human Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Persons:  Conducting a Dialogue http://www.globalequality.org/storage/documents/pdf/sida%20dialogue%20paper%20on%20development.pdf
• Diversity, Dialogue and Sharing… Online resources for a more resourceful world http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0024/002487/248717e.pdf
• Diversity Discussion Starters https://www.mentoring.org/new-site/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Diversity-Discussion-Starters.pdf
• Engaging in Conversations About Gender, Race and Ethnicity in the Workplace http://www.catalyst.org/system/files/engaging_in_conversations_about_gender_race_and_ethnicity_in_the_workplace.pdf
• Diversity Matters – McKinsey&Company https://assets.mckinsey.com/~/media/857F440109AA4D13A54D9C496D86ED58.ashx
• The Six Signature Traits of Inclusive Leaders – Deloitte University https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/us/Documents/about-deloitte/us-inclus-deloitte-diversity-inclusion-road-to-inclusion-really-an-intersection....pdf

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